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J. VOBGTLINE & G. BBRGSTROM. DUMPING GAR.

No. 415,484. Patented N;0v. 19, 1889.

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DUMPING GAR.

No. 415,484. Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J OIIN VOEGTLINE AND GUSTAF BERGSTROM, OF REPUBLIC, MICHIGAN, AS SIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TO ISAAC M. ENGBERRY, OF MINNEAPOLIS,

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,484, dated November 19, 1889.

Application filed August 1, 1889. Serial No. 319,411. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN VOEGTLINE and GUSTAF BERGSTROM, both of Republic, in the county of Marquette and State of Michigan,

have invented a new and Improved Dumping-Car, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to clumping-cars, the object of the invention being to provide a dumping attachment which may be applied to the ordinary form of platform-car, and removed therefrom when it becomes necessary or desirable to use the car as a flat car.

A further object of the invention is to pro- I 5 vide for the dumping of all of the cars of the train through the medium of the engine, the arrangement being such that by attaching the engine to a series of connected cords and giving a slight forward pull on the foremost 2o cord all of the cars will be dumped.

To the ends above named the invention consists of certain novel constructions, arrangements, and combinations of elements to be hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the 0 views.

Figure 1 is a side view of a car embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the car. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view on 5 line IV IV of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional View on line V V of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a view of the dumping attachment and a car, the dumping attachment being represented as it would appear when separated from the car; and Fig. 7 is an end view of the parts when they appear as represented in Fig. 6.

In the drawings, 10 represents an ordinary platform-car, and 11 a frame which forms the 5 dumping-car body, such frame being provided with hinge-supported side doors 12 and with permanent ends 13. The frame 11 is held to the platform of the car 10 by bolts 14, which pass through the upper portion of the frame 11 and through the platform of the car 10 to engage with nuts which bear against wearplates 15, that are arranged beneath the platform of the car 10. To the permanent ends 13 we connect a tunnel-like structure, within which there is mounted a horizontal shaft 16, which carries a lever 17, that is connected with a slide 18, said slide being guided by a bracket 19, that is secured to one of the side walls of the tunnel-like structure 20. Within the slide 18 we mount asheave 21, and over this on sheave we pass a rope or chain 22, the ends of said rope being provided with coupling-hooks 23. After passing over the sheave 21 the rope or chain 22 passes beneath other sheaves that are mounted in brackets 9, as shown best in Fig. 5. The purpose of this construction will be hereinafter explained.

'The ends of the shaft or rod 16 extend out through the car-box ends 13, there to carry crank-arms 24, which arms are connected to coupling-pieces 25 by means of links 26, the coupling-pieces 25 in turn acting to connect the overlapping ends of catch-levers 30, that are pivotally mounted at the points marked a, the arrangement being such that if the inner and overlapping ends of the levers be drawn downward the catches b of the levers 30 will be raised. These catches I) normally engage upwardly-extending arms 31,that are carried by rods 32, said rods being mounted in proper bearings that are secured to the sills of the car 10, and each of the rods 32 is provided with a number of upwardly-extending arms 33, which overlap the lower edges of the doors 12 and prevent any outward swinging of such doors, except at times when the catches b are thrown from engagement with the arms 31.

In order that the levers 30 may be moved so as to throw their catches b from engage- 9o ment with the arms 31, we provide operatinglevers 34, that are pivotally connected to the car ends, as shown, the arrangement being such that by moving the levers 34 in the direction of the arrow shown in connection with the lever represented in Fig. 2 the inner ends of the levers 30 will be depressed and their catch ends will be raised; and in order that the arms 31 may be drawn inward to a position such that they will be readily engaged by the catches b of the levers 30, we provide a lever 35, mounted as shown best in Fig.2, and to this lever we connect chains 36, that extend to the arms 31, the arrangement being such that by throwing the lever 35 in the direction of its arrow the chains 36 will be drawn upon and the arms 31 moved inward to the position in which they are shown in Fig. 2.

In order that the levers 30 may be held from accidental disengagement with their arms 31, we provide the rod 16 with coiled springs 40, which act to throw the rod and the arms carried thereby to the position in which the parts are shown in full lines in the drawings.

Within the frame 11 we mount two inclined bottom boards 50, a proper angle being given to these boards to provide for the sliding out of the load at times when the hinged side doors 12 are free to move to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4.

When it is desired to dump a number of cars that are'constructed as above described, the coupling-hook 23 at the rear of the last car of the train is made fast in any proper manner-for instance, as represented in Fig. 3-and the ropes or chains 22 are coupled together throughout the length of the train. The engine is then connected to the forward coupling-hook and started ahead suddenly, and as the engine so starts ahead the cords will be drawn upon and the slides 18 will be moved downward to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4, and as the slides 18 are so moved downward the shafts 16 will be rocked and their levers 24 carried downward, which movement of the levers 21 will carry downward the inner ends of the levers 30 and raise the outer or catch ends of said levers,

and as these catch ends rise they will free themselves from the arms 31, and the weight of the material within the cars pressing against the doors 12 will force said. doors outward and the load will be dumped on either side of the track.

When it is desired to use the cars 10 as platform-cars or flats, the nuts which engage the bolts 14 are turned off, and the frame 11 and the parts carried thereby may then be raised free of the car-platform, as represent-ed in Figs. 6 and 7, the chains 36 at this time being disconnected from the arms 31.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a dumping-car, the combination, with the swinging sides or doors and their latches, of catches arranged to engage the door-latches, a slide, connections between the slides and the catches, and a rope or chainwhich engages the slide, substantially as described.

2. In a dumping-car, the combination,with the swinging sides or doors and their latches, of catches arranged to engage the latches, a slide, a sheave carried thereby, guidingsheaves, and a rope which passes beneath the guiding-sheaves and over the slidesheave, substantially as describech 3. In a dumping-car, the combination, with the catch-levers by which the doors are held in closed position, of a rod, levers carried by the rod, connections between the rod-levers and the catch-levers, a slide, a lever by which the slide is connected to the rod, a sheave carried by the slide, a rope which passes over the sheave, and guidingsheaves beneath which the rope passes, substantially as described.

i. In a dumping-car, the combination, with the swinging sides or doors, and catchesfor locking the sides or doors closed, of pivoted levers having their inner ends overlapped and provided with catches on their outer ends for engaging the catches of the sides or doors, and a pivoted lever having one end engaging one of the said levers, substantially as herein shown and described.

5, In a dumping-car, the combination, with the swinging sides or doors, of horizontal shafts or rods 32, arms 31 and 33, carried thereby, a lever 35,and chains which connect the arm 31 and the lever 35, substantially as described.

JOHN VOEGTLIN E. GUSTAF BERGSTROM.

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AUG. KELLSTROM, E. E. WVEIsER. 

